Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 72868
Packaging: Recycling
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 September 2025
Question
Joe Robertson
Conservative — Isle of Wight East
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is monitoring the potential impact of extended producer responsibility scheme costs on food and drink prices in the (a) on-trade and (b) off-trade market.
Answer
Mary CreaghIn October 2024, the Government published an updated assessment of the impact of introducing the packaging extended producer responsibility scheme (pEPR). The impact assessment sets out the estimated inflationary impact of pEPR on the UK economy as a whol...
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